tence when she became aware of someth

aid Th

smile, but Ashley noticed that her gaze had changed

u know my

in-law with a grand, eloquent g

y fro

..

guess," the wick

inate had

our office and haven't stopped asking me all those indiscreet questions sin

ot, in

, plunging her icy gaze into her interlo

involved with. This Theo, we

silence Ashley would have preferred not t

you tellin

ugh not to be deaf. So

r boss as if she'd just uttered

e shock, humiliation and pain she'd felt on hearing this unexpected and sor

as single. In fact, that's wh

let out a sno

a filthy l

ery well I'

d her lip

would never have let himself be fo

ifting her chin defiantly. "Then you must have understood

rty lit

I'm the one who's been deceived here, and no one else. So if you've got a

on the line for a dirty l

with disdain tha

as fake as his celibacy. He pretends he's s

handsome and you

. Ashley gasped as she discovered her Theo. She was mistaken. He hadn't retouched her p

ique and the meanness of others. At an age when he thought he should have a wife, he couldn't hav

lt sorry for him. He'd certainly disappointed her, and she did

ce. This is a serious

all hasten

ow

ing you, qu

ilence settled

your

p beating for a moment be

you heard m

ever have agreed to go any further with such a man." Her eloquent gaze on the photo revealed more

It's not a stud,

or that kind of re

o interrupted her arrogant

, it is

my right

too, hence my position. Do you really

ean by that? W

cably crazy about you, gave y

because

that needed n

to push it very hard. In any case, I made

did

t," she added again. "But we can't

t. This time, she leapt to her feet and put her hands on the desk

ly! She's a mother who needs to wo

fectly well! Then you kn

or me, i

as a simple

lever

t, you sound lik

e gasped, but

refuse to leave, I'll be happy to tarnish your

each other, as hot and

verything a dismissed employee is entitled to in compensation, plus an ironclad letter of recommendation. And if you refuse, I'll see to it that you

s mean and bitter, but human. She didn't want to lose her husband. She loved him. And she wasn't su

her ex-superior, to write her letter o

rself on being so smart, do you really thi

way,

ow

ve got my hands on the household wallet. So I can help him by helping his d

so proud

you got all tha

oud of her actions, and her pride had taken a big hit for thinking sh

was made fo

e handed her

out and g

stead, and Theo sh

last moment, so her inevitable upset wouldn't affect her work. Not to mention that she would have all ni

e were the one who'd just been fired. It was wet, touching and ironic, thought Ashley, w